Sash-cord fastener.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD W. SMART, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SASH-CORD FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD W. SMART, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Cord Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The sash cord fastener which is the subject of the present invention isdesigned more particularly for windows having vertically pivoted sashes,and the object is to provide a novel and improved sash cord fastenerwhereby the sash cords may be readily disconnected from the sashes whenthe latter are to be swung out of the sash frame.

With this in mind my invention resides in the particular construction,arrangement and combination of the several parts to be hereinafterdescribed with respect to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa vertical section of the window showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is'a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anelevation of the cord socket removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective Viewshowing the device for attaching the sash.

Referring specifically to the drawings, A denotes the upper sash, and Bthe lower sash of the window. The sashes will be provided with suitablehinge connections (not shown) whereby they may be swung into and out ofthe window frame C.

Set into the right hand side of the window frame C, at points slightlyabove the upper edges of the sashes A and B when in their loweredposition, are transverse plates 27, said window frame being providedwith recesses 28 extending beneath and below the lower edges of saidplates 27. The upper right hand sides of the upper and lower sashes Band A are provided with vertical Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 9, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Serial No. 601,615.

cut-out portions, in which are secured plates 29, as shown in Fig. 2;these plates 29 being provided with intermediate outstanding side pieces30, which are curved and taper inwardly toward their upper and inwardlybent edges 31. The lower ends of the weight cords 32 are secured intapering metal thimbles 33, and these thimbles are normally held withinand between the side pieces 30* of the socket plates. Each of thethimbles 33 has an upwardly projecting tongue 34, so that when thesashes are in position to be swung on their hinges the thimbles 33 maybe dis engaged from the socket plates, and their upwardly extendingtongues 34 can then be engaged beneath the lower edge of the transverseplates 27, thus holding them free of the sashes, and in convenientposition for reengagement therewith, when the sashes are swung back intotheir normal positions.

I claim:

The combination with a sash and its weight cord, the former having arecess in its upper edge at one side, of a plate secured within saidrecess and having intermediate side pieces bent outwardly and curvedtoward one another to form an upwardly and inwardly tapering socket, athimble in which the end of the weight cord is fastened, said thimblebeing adapted for detachable engagement within said socket, and providedwith an upstanding lip, and a catch on the window frame engageable bysaid lip to hold the sash cord when the thimble is disengaged from thesocket.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD W. SMART.

Witnesses:

MYRON Gr. CLEAR, ANNA M. MENGEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

